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Disaster Recovery Testing

What is Disaster Recovery Testing?

The practice of testing disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure they function as expected and meet recovery time and point objectives.

Business Continuity

Frameworks that govern disaster recovery testing

NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0View framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →

What the standards actually require on disaster recovery testing

Requirements naming disaster recovery testing across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

South Korea ISMS-P1 control

A disaster recovery test plan is set and carried out to judge effectiveness, and recovery strategies are reviewed and updated regularly for test results, environment changes and legal changes.

south-korea-isms-p::2.12.2 · Disaster recovery testing and improvement →
GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice1 control

Backup makes copies of data, records, configuration and software so that none of them is lost or left unusable and restore returns them when required, supporting disaster recovery; it is distinct from archiving and is not used as an archive.

gamp-5-good-automated-manufacturing-practice::O9 · Appendix O9 Backup and Restore →

Questions people ask about disaster recovery testing

What is Disaster Recovery Testing?
The practice of testing disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure they function as expected and meet recovery time and point objectives.
Why is Disaster Recovery Testing important for compliance?
Disaster Recovery Testing is a key concept in Business Continuity. Understanding disaster recovery testing helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Disaster Recovery Testing?
Disaster Recovery Testing appears in the requirement text of South Korea ISMS-P, GAMP 5 - Good Automated Manufacturing Practice. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Disaster Recovery Testing?
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